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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A block of C4 would put maybe dents in the type of targets that Patriot missiles are designed for.

You also need to be within vicinity of your target to be able to operate a drone, which a missile doesn’t need.

Drones can be easily jammed. Missiles aren’t easily jammed, not with the same tech stack needed for drone jamming.

Apples and oranges. Different targets, different engagements, different applications entirely.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I’m not saying they replace Patriot missiles, obviously that’s not the case. I’m just saying you can cause a lot of damage with a $100 dollar drone and some c4, pretty similar damage to a $400,000 missile. The missiles aren’t really showing their cost-impact ratios to be good if what the Russians are spending on Ukraine is to be taken as evidence